The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
CURED BY FAITH.
How William Wood Was Healed of
Acute Rheumatism.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star,

ltUttS-OtuT,
Cincinnati has another faith cure 1t is,
too, a case which cannot be doubted Will
liam Wood, a trusted and valued employe
of the John Shillito Company, is the one
who was healed. At present he is in the
dress goods department He has been en-
gagged in this line of merchandising and is
well known in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Wood is a devout member of the
Walnut Hills Methodist church, now in
ministerial charge of Rev. John j. Reed,
formerly OF St. Paul's. Mr. Wood resides
at No. - Crown street, Walnut Hills, is Il
married man with a family, is aged proba-
bly, 50 years, and is altogether a worthy
moral gentleman, who has a high position
in the estimation of his employers and
| acquaintance He is also leader of the
church choir, and is prominent in church
work
Talking to a reporter, while he seems to
be of rather nervous, enthusiastic dispo-
sitiOn, still he was tempered 10y the apparent
candor, truth and veTacity of a cautious
practical man. Thus il can be seen alleged
facts related by Mr.. Wood cannot be very
easily cOntr0verted. Moreover, Mr. Wood
had no idea chat he was talking to news
paper man, but rather chance acquaint
ance under Introduction Of a mutual friend.
Far the past ten years Mr. Wood has been
the subject of the most violent and painful
attacks of rheumatism of the sciatic kind
Day and night and for almost endless
hours without absolute cessation has Mr..
Wood pursued his daily walk, suffering
great mental and physical anguish. OF
course his place i'll life has been determined
by the insidious disease, the degree of which
was prescribed only bv atmospheric condi-
tions of the most favorable kind. Unable
to perform that degree of work his active
nature longed to do, he was finally obliged
TO content himself by some employment
that did not impose task upon his physical
energies.
His intirmity, too, brought another all
ment probably as serious as the attending
pain In order to ease his stiffened, swollen
joints and limbs he adopted a sort of hating
walk, upon which, by common consent, he
was given letters patent, and thus all these
years the unfortunate man has walliei his
humble way veritably a victim of a most
unkindly fate.
Mr.. Woods only consolation in all these
years has been an undiminished faith in the
doctrine of Christ and his teachings Let
his affection be ever so great he was always
at his post of religious duty in the church
and Sunday school, expounding the cause
he loved so truly and well. Experience was
beginning to tell him he would get no rest
until he had paid the debt to nature and
while apparently resigned to his fate, his at
| tention was attracted to several published
reports of cures by faith. This gave him an
| idea.
He had always prayed, but not with the
proper understanding and will. So he at
once barred his soul to God and prayed as he
never had before. His devout wife, too,
joined in his fervent petitions to the throne
of grace. He discontinued the use of all
medicines, and did nothing for his affiction
but pray. A year passed, still there was nc
abatement of his PAIN but not at all dis
couraged, the husband and wife prayed as
hard and earnestly as at first.
Now Mr.. Wood can take up the thread
and relate his remarkable experience of last
Sunday morning. As usual, accompanied
by his wife, he was sitting in church. As
will be remembered the day was unusually
damp, rainy and chilly. Suddenly he says
he felt peculiar movement in his lower
limbs, he cannot express better than a feel
ing as though a hand was being pressed
down his limbs pushing the pain before il
until 1t left his person at his toes. He sal
dumfounded for several minutes and ex-
perienced similar sensation. Hardly dal.
ing to tell his wife he cautiously moved his
limbs first one way and then that.
To his surprise his limbs were capable OF
motion without pain for the first time in
years. After church he walked hom(
straighter than for years, and maybe there
WASH SIeaU Rejoicing Ill the w Ood nome
stead when the joyous fact was known
Yesterday at work Mr.. Wood was as lively a,
a kitten, and said that he thought he could
walk five miles.
/. The news of his remarkable cure spread
rapidly among his fellow employees, and tn,
floor walkers, to test his new powers, woulC
call him from one room to the other to Sc,
him walk As vet he seems to feel rather
weak from the effects of his ten years con
finement with disease, but expects in few
days to be as well as anybody. Certainly
the case is a remarkable one and is attract
ing much comment among his friends.